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LONDON: Nottingham Forest suffered a shock 1-0 defeat against Midtjylland in the Europa League last-16 first leg, while Ollie Watkins ended his goal drought as the Aston Villa striker sealed a 1-0 win at Lille on Thursday. Vitor Pereira’s side were rocked by Cho Gue-sung’s late strike at the City Ground as Forest succumbed to the Danish underdogs for the second time this season. Beaten 3-2 at home by Midtjylland in the group stage in October when Ange Postecoglou was the second of Forest’s four managers this term, the Premier League strugglers must secure the first away win against the…
When it came to the Hundred auction, it paid to be an all-rounder. Literally.New Zealand women’s Sophie Devine went for £210,000, with England’s Danielle Gibson sold for a whopping £190,000. In the men’s auction, meanwhile, Tom Curran was signed by MI London – formerly Oval Invincibles – for £260,000, joining younger brother Sam at that franchise. However, the heftiest sum was the £390,000 London Spirit paid to bring uncapped Englishman James Coles, 21, to Lord’s, beating off competition from Sunrisers Leeds, Trent Rockets, Manchester Super Giants and Birmingham Phoenix before the gavel came down.Here is the lowdown on the Sussex…
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 128 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the rain-affected second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. Maaz Sadaqat was the stand-out performer of the game, blasting a rapid 75 for Pakistan before picking up three wickets. Chasing a revised target of 243 in 32 overs after a two-hour rain and hailstorm delay, Bangladesh collapsed for 114 in 23.3 overs despite a brief counterattack from Litton Das. Bangladesh had already been in trouble before the weather halted play. Tanzid Hasan fell early for one, caught at backward square leg off Shaheen Shah Afridi,…
Bowlers, Chloe Piparo’s captain’s knock have helped WA keep their chances in their own hands in a heating finals race Western Australia v ACT Meteors | WNCL Western Australia have given their WNCL finals hopes a mighty push with a bonus point win over the ACT Meteors at the WACA Ground. Locked in a three-way fight with Queensland and South Australia for the rights to join the NSW Breakers in next Sunday’s final, WA did exactly what they needed to do in the first of the two games against the Meteors, trouncing them by eight wickets in 35 overs to…
Sunrisers Leeds are facing a fierce social media backlash after the Indian-owned Hundred franchise signed spinner Abrar Ahmed this week. A longstanding political stand-off between India and Pakistan means the two nations only play each other in major global cricket tournaments. Cricketers from Pakistan have not featured in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since 2009 because of diplomatic tensions between the two nations. There was speculation that the players from Pakistan involved in this week’s inaugural Hundred auction in London would be subject to a “shadow ban”, with the IPL-affiliated teams refusing to bid for them. Four of the franchises…
Check out all the ins and outs for the last home-and-away round of the Sheffield Shield season, where one spot in the final is still up for grabs Cameron Green’s return to the WA squad is the big headline for the final round of this season’s Sheffield Shield, but all eyes will be on South Australia and Queensland who are locked in a battle to claim the second spot in the final that Victoria will host at the CitiPower Centre.While South Australia will miss the services of Travis Head in the all-important game as he departs for the IPL, Queensland…
Check out all the ins and outs for the last home-and-away round of the Sheffield Shield season, where one spot in the final is still up for grabs Victoria v South Australia, CitiPower Centre, March 14-17 Click here for the Match Centre Victoria squad: Will Sutherland (c), Scott Boland, Dylan Brasher, Sam Elliott, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Campbell Kellaway, Todd Murphy, Fergus O’Neill, Oliver Peake, Mitch Perry. In: Scott Boland, Oliver Peake. Outs: Blake Macdonald, Matt Short. No talk of resting the big guns before the Shield Final for ladder-leaders Victoria, with Scott Boland back in for the…
DHAKA: A new-look Pakistan face an unusual do-or-die situation on Friday in the second One-day International against Bangladesh who stunned the tourists in the opening match of the three-match series. Fast bowler Nahid Rana, 23, starred with a career-best show of 5-24 as Bangladesh demolished the Shaheen Shah Afridi-led Pakistan in the opening ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Shaheen has backed his young team to make a comeback despite the eight-wicket drubbing in the series opener, and will definitely be eyeing to level the series at the same venue today. Pakistan are featuring in an ODI series…
PARIS: Federico Valverde scored an unlikely hat-trick as Real Madrid trounced Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday, while holders Paris St-Germain rout Chelsea 5-2. Elsewhere on Wednesday, Premier League leaders Arsenal snatched a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen to preserve their unbeaten record in Europe this season, while Bodo/Glimt continued their fairytale run with a 3-0 win over Sporting Lisbon. Alvaro Arbeloa’s record 15-time European champions avenged their loss to City in the league phase as Valverde struck three times in the first half to hand Real full control of the…
Unlike their female counterparts, Australia’s cricket men were not in demand at the auction for The Hundred, with most Australian involvement already secured through pre-draft signings. On a big-spending day when a still little-known uncapped English prospect James Coles caused gasps by being sold for easily the biggest price – a whopping £390,000 (A$733,000) – the Australian ‘lots’ at the auction generated little interest. Australian internationals Jason Behrendorff, Xavier Bartlett and Ben Dwarshuis had all gone unsold until Matt Short did get bought late in the day by the Mike Hussey-coached Welsh Fire for £75,000 (A$141,000).It was very different to…